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Procurement Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 11 September 2023. It occurred during Debate on bills on Procurement Bill [HL].

Eagle—thank goodness. I thought it was an evil eye. I was going to describe it as beady. I thought his “evil eye” was going to be upon the Minister and I was a little concerned for her safety. It is getting late.

Moving on, as my noble friend set out, we will support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. There can be no place in the UK supply chain for

businesses that engage in this behaviour, and we have to be absolutely sure that there is no place, which is why the noble Lord is right to want to explicitly write this in. I regret that the fact that my noble friend Lady Brinton’s amendment was not accepted means that if the noble Lord is successful, his amendment will not apply to the National Health Service, which seems rather unfortunate as it would probably be the prime customer. None the less, getting it in writing and putting it in there is very important and will be enthusiastically supported.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
832 cc749-750 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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